Zogby Expose
A recent Zogby poll revealed how little Obama-voters knew about the actual election facts. This exposes both the failure of democrat voters to competently follow the election as well as the deception of the media.
Check out the results at here at the bottom of the page.
The results show that only 12% of Obama voters knew their candidate promised to bankrupt the coal industry and send engergy prices "sky high", but 87% believed Sarah Palin claimed to see Russia from her house (which was actually said by Tina Fey).
Also, 96% of Obama voters identified Sarah Palin as having received $150,000 worth of clothes from the RNC, but 57% of them didn't know which party controlled congress (50/50 chance by guessing) and 71% didn't know Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of his plagarism (25% by guessing).
The news media think they are entitled to pick our leaders. As Americans we need to stand up to them. Fortunately, millions of Americans are becoming wise to this. As Rupert Murdoch recently noted, the media has taken big risks in the election and subscriptions are down. Many of the major news distributors are cutting their staff dramatically. Hopefully they will be less able to influence the next election.
Congrats to the Politico for the courage to report this. Check out their report here.
Check out the results at here at the bottom of the page.
The results show that only 12% of Obama voters knew their candidate promised to bankrupt the coal industry and send engergy prices "sky high", but 87% believed Sarah Palin claimed to see Russia from her house (which was actually said by Tina Fey).
Also, 96% of Obama voters identified Sarah Palin as having received $150,000 worth of clothes from the RNC, but 57% of them didn't know which party controlled congress (50/50 chance by guessing) and 71% didn't know Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of his plagarism (25% by guessing).
The news media think they are entitled to pick our leaders. As Americans we need to stand up to them. Fortunately, millions of Americans are becoming wise to this. As Rupert Murdoch recently noted, the media has taken big risks in the election and subscriptions are down. Many of the major news distributors are cutting their staff dramatically. Hopefully they will be less able to influence the next election.
Congrats to the Politico for the courage to report this. Check out their report here.
Labels: Liberal Media
posted by Matthew Canonicus at
10:36 PM
2 Comments:
When I get discouraged about how few Americans actually turn out to vote, all I have to do is listen to the rediculous things that many Americans say and demonstrate by their words how unengaged they are to then become thankful that so many stay home. The media would not be the way it is if so many of us prefered content over entertainment and actually put effort into finding out about who our politicians are and what they stand for.
I am generally more frustrated with the lack of information on local candidates and I have to admit that often I don't know who I am voting for or against. I think this reflects how few people know anything about state's rights and why we never hear our country being referred to as a republic anymore. There was a lot to be said in keeping power closer to home where those that seek power could be monitored more closely. These days though, we know more about what is going on in Washington than in our own back yard.
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Lady Lavender I couldn't agree with you more about Americans being uninvolved in their local governments. Most Americans cannot name their Senators, Representatives and/or Mayor. They do not realize how their local government affects their lives more directly than the President.
As far as the media the standards continue to drop and blurring the line between entertainment and news is confusing the public.
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